Coin-mailing card.



L. H. CLARKE.

COIN MAILING CARD.

APPLICATION nun 1.1M 18. won

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

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LEML'EL H. CLARKE. 0F CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

com -MAILIN G CARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Application filled Kay 18, 1908. Serial No. 88,463.

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, LEMUEL l-l. CLARKE, a citizen of the United States, residindg at Cami den, in the county of Camden an State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and 5 useful 1m rovements in Coin-Mailing Cards, 5 of which '0 1e followin is a specification.

This invention re ates to coin mailing cards, the object being to provide a mailing card of this character which is exceedingly simple and cheap in construction and one in which the coin will be securely held in place without any danger of its becoming detached.

Another object of my invention is to no vide a coin mailing card in which the hair ing l members are formed out of the body of the card by slitting the same.

A further ob'ect of my invention is to provide the EMT with oppositely disposed tongues between which is arranged a bridge piece, the tongues being so constructed that they will engage the. coin upon opposite sides after being placed under the bridge piece, whereby it will be held tightly in lace.

'Ihese object-sore obtained by t e novel arrangement and construct-ion 0 parts hereinafter fully described and shown in the accompanying drawings. in which:

Figure 1, is a filspective view of my improved coin mai g card showing the coins in position. Fig. 2, is an inverted plan view of the same, and Fig. 3, is a detail sectlon.

In carryi out my improved invention I employ a car A, which may be of any size or thickness desired to suit the denomination of. the coin to be inserted. The card is provided with curved slits arr "ed in airs to form segmental flaps B and whic are of dill'erent sizes, the flaps C, being of such a size that the length of the same is a little less than the diameter of the coin to be inserted, so that it cannot pass all the way through the slit when the com is forced under the flap. Longitudinal spaced slits are formed between each pair of curved slits forming a central bridge piece D, and base pieces E and F, so that when the coin is placed in osition as shown in Fig. 1. it will be securely eld therein, so that It will be impossible for it to become detached accidentally.

To inseIt the coin in the card it is forced under the central bridge iccc from the side of the smaller flap, on or the larger flap until it is past the smaller flap, the smaller flap is then forced upwardly and the coin is shoved back under the smaller flap and the frictional Contact of the bridge pieces and Ho s will hold the coin on the base members tig itly so that it cannot be removed. When it. is desired to remove the same, the coin is shoved under the larger flap and the smaller flap is forced down so as to allow the coin to readily sli out from under the bridge piece. From 1; e foregoin r description it Wlll be readily se n that I ave provided a coin mailing card the holding members of which are formed in one operation out of the body.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is:

1. A coin mailing card having opposed curved slits, each slit having its ends curved out-ward towards the other edge of the card in op osite directions to the o posed slit, said sits being of different rcla ivc lengths to form flaps of different relative size, and spaced parallel slits between said curved slits to form a central bridge iece said bridge piece and flaps being ads ted to bear against the coin when placed an er the same.

2. A coin mailing card comprising a bod having opposed spaced curvcr slits, each slit. being curved towards ,the outer edge of the card and oppositely to the opposed slit said slits being of different relative lengths to form se 'mental flaps of difiercnt relative size, sai body he provided with spaced slits between said aps extending at both ends beyond the ends of the curved slits to form a bridge piece and base members whereby the coin can be forced between the bridge piece and that portion of the card left between the curved flaps and said bridge piece.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEMUEL H. CLARKE.

Witnesses:

Fmucxs B. Wmcn'r, C. E. Po'rrs. 

